Macondo Jardin

Tejo is an Indigenous Colombian game involving a metal tejo or cast piece thrown at clay targets which are loaded with small explosives. It is a very social game involving lots of laughs and beer and fritangas (fried, grilled platters to share). Macondo Jardin has the only known Tejo courts in Australia.

Until better times, we are postponing this event. What better way to celebrate spring than with a love story! Join us for leisurely dining on fine cuisine whilst watching the latest Colombian Rom-Com in English, a film by David Jackson, A Cup of Love, Taza de Amor. A food scientist is sent to Colombia where a romance brews alongside the coffee she is sent to buy. PG rated. $5 entry, bar and excellent cuisine. Physical distancing, separate tables, contact free orders & payments. Ample street parking.

WE ARE SAD but we have had to cancel this event, given the current circumstances. Now is the time to celebrate life! The amazing Bushland Boogie Bush Band will light up a night of fun and dancing. Throw on your bush dancing clothes, bring your family and friends, eat some wonderful food and have a few drinks at the bar, then fill the dance floor! There really is nothing like a bush dance for good fun! Physical distancing, separate tables, contact free orders & payments. Ample street parking.

Love in the Time of Cholera, a stirring, epic love-story by Colombian Nobel prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez, made into a brilliant English-language movie in 2007 by Director, Mike Newell, and filmed in Colombia. Join us for leisurely dining on fine cuisine whilst watching this masterpiece. PG rated. $5 entry, bar and excellent cuisine. Physical distancing, separate tables, contact free orders & payments. Ample street parking.

Have strange things happened to you? As this strangest of winters winds down, come discuss the paranormal, the inexplicable, the esoteric. A yummy lunch and bar menu is available. Open mic will give 5 mins per person to retell their strangest experience. Physical distancing, separate tables, contact free orders & payments. It is a great networking opportunity. Plenty of street parking.

Disclosure Day - Have you had contact with ET life? Have you seen UFOs? Come and talk with others who know the truth. Mary Rodwell will be broadcasting live to the audience. Group discussions after a Buffet lunch with drinks (meaters, pescetarians, vegetarians, vegans). $60 tickets include entry, speaker, lunch, drinks and an opportunity to talk about your experiences with others who know.

Mother's Day should be all year but this Day we say thank you mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers for their patience and wisdom. The dulcet jazz tunes of Tony Dee will be accompanied by a 3 course meal & glass of champers. https://www.facebook.com/tonydeemusic/

At the end of the school holidays and the end of your tether, The Mini Moshers present another amazing kids' concert ! Totally interactive, music, dance, fun. Full seating for 200 available. Air-conditioning, 2 toilets, dance floor, safe space. Food and drinks available for purchase. VIP Family entry to meet the band beforehand, photo-shoot, CD gifts, front seats for the show. Children and adult individual tickets available. Macondo supporting local south-side talent!

Oh no! Flamenco Gold is heading back to Mother Spain! One more for the road! Ana, Fatima, Antonio and Camaron de la Vega come together one more time to astound us with their fabulous flamenco! On a night that only happens every four years, don't miss this final spectacular farewell from this breathtakingly talented ensemble!

Join us for leisurely dining on fine cuisine whilst watching the latest Colombian Rom-Com, Ciudad Delirio, Delirium City, by Chus Gutierrez. A heartwarming journey of love and dance in the greatest salsa city of all, Cali. English subtitles. PG rated. FREE entry, full bar and excellent cuisine.

The Long Table Degustation - Macondo Degustacion - the summer rains 2020 - $90pp with 8 taste offerings 3 paired wines 2 intermezzos - Accompanied by live music from Duende

Hola lovely supporter, Macondo has been forced to cancel the Festival of Liars. We are sorry but a substantial number of withdrawals of performers made this impossible to continue. We are sad and disappointed but hope to host another storytelling event in the future. We hope you will come again soon to other events at Macondo Jardin. We are grateful for your support! Salud!

Celebrate your love in the most unique way possible with an eight plate Latin American degustation, with three paired wines, and two intermezzos. Purchase here https://www.macondojardin.com/macondo-shop/valentine-s-day-degustation

Isla Grande joins forces with Flamenco Soul for a memorable night of gypsy passion and magic.

The amazing Mini Moshers band will perform. No entry charge! Savoury and Sweet snacks plus refreshing drinks for sale!

Come and join us on our last of three nights of the little candles, La noche de Las Velitas, a traditional Colombian beginning to the Christmas season. Bring some candles to light and share the light of hope with all of us. Families, friends and neighbours all welcome!

Social Latin Dance to the dulcet rhythms of John Sanchez, live! Good food and good company make good times! Bar & Menu with FREE entry!

Come and join us on our second of three nights of the little candles, La noche de Las Velitas, a traditional Colombian beginning to the Christmas season. Bring some candles to light and share the light of hope with all of us. Live jazzy ballads from Bella Paton. GIANT Christmas tree. Families, friends and neighbours all welcome! https://www.facebook.com/BellaPatonMusic/

Come and join us on our first of three nights of the little candles, La noche de Las Velitas, a traditional Colombian beginning to the Christmas season. Bring some candles to light or electric candles and share the light of hope with all of us. Live entertainment. Let's bring as many candles as we can to light up the night and our GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE. Families, friends and neighbours all welcome! DONATIONS at the door to Brisbane Area Rescue Network for wildlife rescue and rehabilitaiton https://www.facebook.com/barnwildlifecare/ Milton will be providing beautiful Colombian Christmas music https://www.facebook.com/MiltonArandiaOficial/

It’s a Latino thing to chill on Friday night with some social dancing to the great live music of John Sanchez, with good friends, good food, good times! Bachata classes from 7pm with Louisa & Bolivar! Bar & Menu. Free entry.

It’s a Latino thing for Saturday evenings, social salsa to the great live music of John Sanchez, with good friends, good food, good times! Bar & Fritanga. Free entry.

Margaret's birthday party - for invited guests only

This Friday night, from 6pm, Milton Arandia performs his wide repertoire of Latin American music, to make you laugh and dance.$5 #DONATIONS at the door to the Rural Fire Brigade Assoc Qld for the volunteer fire fighters & purchase of more equipment https://www.rfbaq.org/about-us Yum #food, open #bar, #billiards Plenty of room for #dancing! https://www.facebook.com/MiltonArandiaOficial/

Milton Arandia performs his wide repertoire of Latin American music, to make you laugh and dance. https://www.facebook.com/MiltonArandiaOficial/

It’s a Latino thing for Saturday evenings, social salsa to the great live music of John Sanchez, with good friends, good food, good times! Bar & Menu. Free entry. Minimum individual expenditure of $25 per head.

Halloween is really the Day of the Dead! Come in fancy dress and dance to honour your ancestors! Free entry. Full kitchen and bar available. Tricky, Tricky Halloween & Prizes for the best Deadly costume. Roving hoola performances by Kiera. Free Day of the Dead face painting by SwishMe & dance to DJ live music! The origins of the Day of the Dead are thought to have come from the Aztec festival dedicated to the Goddess Mictecacihuatl who ruled the underworld and presided over the festivals of the dead. The Month of the Dead is celebrated widely through Latin America and focuses on remembering ancestors and paying respects to the family members and friends who have passed on to the underworld.

It’s a Latino thing for Saturday evenings, social salsa to the great live music of John Sanchez, with good friends, good food, good times! Bar & Fritanga. Free entry.

It’s a Latino thing for Saturday evenings, social salsa to the great live music of John Sanchez, with good friends, good food, good times! Bar & Fritanga. Free entry.

Flamenco Gold returns for another spectacular performance from 7pm. Then get up on the floor and dance the night away with the incomparable DJ Blitz Entertainment. Bar & Fritanga. Free entry. Doors open at 6pm.

It’s a Latino thing to chill on Friday nighst with some social dancing to the great live music of John Sanchez, with good friends, good food, good times! Bar & Fritanga. Free entry.

It’s a Latino thing for Saturday evenings, social dancing to great music with good friends, good food, good times! Salsero John Sanchez, Bar & Fritanga. Free entry.

Welcome to the Grand Opening of Macondo Jardin! An authentic Latin experience! Join us for an unforgettable night of live music and performance to celebrate our opening of this unique event space. Dance Salsa, Merengue, Flamenco, Cumbia and more! Joining us are Flamenco Soul https://www.instagram.com/flamencogold/, Milton Arandia https://www.facebook.com/MiltonArandiaOficial/ and John Sanchez Live https://www.facebook.com/John-Sanchez-206350802710139/!